Steindachnerina argentea (Gill, 1858)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Steindachnerina argentea (Gill, 1858)
- Name authority
- (Gill, 1858)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Curimatidae
- Genus
- Steindachnerina
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCharaciformes
- suborderCharacoidei
- familyCurimatidae Gill, 1858
- genusSteindachnerina Fowler, 1906
- speciesSteindachnerina argentea (Gill, 1858)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Steindachnerina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Steindachnerina amazonica (Steindachner, 1911) | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steindachnerina biornata (Braga & Azpelicueta, 1987) | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steindachnerina brevipinna (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steindachnerina conspersa (Holmberg, 1891) | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steindachnerina dobula (Günther, 1868) | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steindachnerina gracilis Vari & Williams Vari, 1989 | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steindachnerina guentheri (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steindachnerina notograptos Lucinda & Vari, 2009 | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steindachnerina planiventris Vari & Williams Vari, 1989 | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steindachnerina quasimodoi Vari & Williams Vari, 1989 | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steindachnerina seriata Netto-Ferreira & Vari, 2011 | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Steindachnerina varii Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991 | CurimatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Curimata argentea Gill, 1858 Gill, 1858 | synonym |
| Curimatus argenteus Gill, 1858 Gill, 1858 | synonym |
| Curimata argenteus Gill, 1858 Gill, 1858 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Gill, T. N. (1858). Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad West Indies. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, v. 6 (nos 10–13, art. 38): 363–430. [Also appeared as a separate, pp. 1–70.]. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1858.tb00373.x Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4ZPGM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.